My path
I decided to start training as a psychotherapist quite late, in my early forties. I grew up in Carinthia (Austria) and, after studying Scandinavian and German studies in Vienna, I spent many years of my adult life abroad, including in England, Denmark, Belgium, and Germany.
In addition to my work as a psychotherapist, I was professionally at home in an international and university environment. When I was in my early 40s, I realized that I was neglecting one part of my personality and that my career was too one-sided. That's why I set out on a journey to find the raison d'être for this other pole, which no longer wanted to be oppressed.
Since I myself have taken this path of a fundamental career change and have become very happy with it, one of my therapeutic focus lies in finding out, whether the current life path of the clients might require a change that is necessary for the well-being of the psyche, since the psyche strives for wholeness and suffers when talents and strengths cannot be lived out or are neglected.
Curriculum Vitae
Mag. Karin Lagger
| since 2019 | Carrying out psychotherapeutic - / analytical work in private practice |
| 2017 – 2022 | Candidate at the Austrian Society for Analytical Psychology (ÖGAP) |
| 2017 – 2020 | Clinical internships in psychiatric departments of SMZ-Ost and Otto-Wagner-Hospital (OWS) |
| since 2017 | Gerontopsychosocial Advisor (agenetwork, Vienna) |
| 2016 | Böhmer-Laufer Psychosocial internship at the Maimonides Center, Vienna |
| 2015 – 2016 | Propaedeuticum at the Vienna Psychoanalytical Academy |
| 2014 – 2022 | Research Coordinator at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) |
| since 2014 | Non-medical practitioner of psychotherapy (Nuremberg Health Agency, Germany) |
| since 2014 | Certified Psychological Advisor (VFP, Germany) |
| 2014 | Internship in the Therapeutic Workshop of the City Mission Nuremberg, Germany |
| 2008 – 2014 | Research Coordinator at Universities and Research Institutes in Germany and Austria |
| 2000 – 2007 | Personal Assistant for Deputies in European Institutions in Brussels |
| 1994 – 1999 | Studied Scandinavian and German Studies at the University of Vienna |
Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten / Publikationen
| 2024 | Approaches of Analytical Psychology to the Topic of Narcissism. Article in publication: e-Journal der ÖGAP: Volume 11, 2024 (February 27, 2024) |
| 2022 | Diploma thesis at the Austrian Society for Analytical Psychology (ÖGAP): Approaches of Analytical Psychology to the Topic of Narcissism. |
| 2019 | Hymiskviða – Thor's Lay within the Poetic Edda. Article in publication: Norse Myths – A Perspective from the Analytical Psychology of C. G. Jung (January 22, 2020), ed. Åsa Liljenroth-Denk Published by Buchschmiede |
| 2017 | agenetwork ○ Narcissism – The Indignities of Old Age |
If you are interested in publications, please contact me. (Papers and publications are only available in German)
Memberships
| seit 2024 | Studying in Austria – Quality Circle Team Austria for Health Insurance Funds in Germany |
| since 2022 | IAAP – International Association for Analytical Psychology |
| since 2019 | PTBD - Psychotherapeutical Emergency Service |
| since 2018 | ÖBVP - Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy |
| since 2018 | WLP - Vienna State Association for Psychotherapy |
| since 2017 | ÖGAP - Austrian Society for Analytical Psychology |
What do dying people regret?
"I wish I had not spent so much time with working."
– B. Ware 2013
